Usain St. Leo Bolt , born 21 August 1986, is a Jamaican. Bolt holds the world record for the 100 metres dash at 9.58 second made on 16th August 2009 at Berlin. He holds the record for 200 metres dash at 19.30 seconds and, along with his teammates, the 4x100 metres relay at 37.10 seconds. Bolt also holds the Olympic record in the 100 metres at 9.69 seconds. Bolt became the first man to win all three events at Beijing Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984, and the first man in history to set world records in all three at a single Olympics. His world record dash at the Berlin last week at the same venue reminded the world of Jesse Owens who about seventy three years earlier at the very same stadium had broken the Nazi myth of Aryan superiority in the presence of Adolf Hitler. James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (1913 –1980) was an American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold med...
Comments
Post a Comment